Conical fluted top with wide stirrup handle attached. [MOBB [OPS move] 03/08/2016]

Collection type: Object
Description: Conical fluted top with wide stirrup handle attached. [MOBB [OPS move] 03/08/2016]
Long description: Conical fluted top with wide stirrup handle attached. There is a metal chain which is attached to one side of the handle and terminates in a pin. This pin slides into a slot at the top of lantern 1903.68.1 .1 to secure the two pieces together. [MOBB [OPS move] 03/08/2016]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England
Cultural groups: English
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Arthur Cavenagh Leveson; PRM source Arthur Cavenagh Leveson
Date / Period: Date made: Circa 1880?, uncertain
Date collected: By 1903
Acquisition information: Donated: 1903 Found unentered: 06/2000
Materials and processes: Material Iron Metal, Material Copper Alloy Metal, Material Lac Insect Lacquer Varnish, Material Varnish, Process Lacquered Varnished, Process Jointed, Process Riveted
Dimensions: Diameter: max 159 mm, Height: max 153 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1903.68.1.2 Other numbers: YG 7 [Y G 7]
Research and responses: HGA Leveson is listed as "Officers in the Burma Commission" under "Deputy Commissioners, 3rd Grade" in The India List and India Office List for 1905 (p. 69) [Dan Hicks 7/3/2017]

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